Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-11-26


them out of bitter quarrl was to havc q scpa
rate appointment for each ono of them.
That childs nature is too dolicato to bt
worSed;upon by sledge hamISer and gougc
andpilo driver. Such fierce flashing, instead
of breaking. the high mcttlo to bit and trace
willmake dash Off tho more uncontrolla
bio. Many seem to think TINT children are
faxIg-not fit for use till they have been hetch.
eledsand swingled. Some one talking to O
childsaid II wonder what makes that tree
out There SO crooked" Tho child replied: ~
suppose it was trod on while it was young
In s5rne families ell tho discipline is concen-
tered upon one child's heud If anything is
doneHwTong the supposition is that George
did IT. Hesbroke the latch He left open
tho sgatess He hacked tho bannisters. He
whit sticks son tho carpets. And George
shall besthe -scapegoat for all domestic mis-
understandings and suspicious. If things
get SMTong in the culinary department in
cones tho mother and says, angrily :
'sWHersssis George ~ If business mat
tersE asas erplexing at the. store, in
comes tho fatheriat night and says, angrily:
Where is George?n In many household
there is such one singled out for suspicion
md castigntion. All the sweet flowers of his
soul blasted under this perpetual northeast
storm, he curses the day in which he WIS
born. Safer the child III an ark Of bulrushos
on5the Nile, among crocodiles, than in On
elegant mansion amid such domestic gorgons.
A mother was passing along the street one
daXIand came up to her little child, who did
notsec her approach, and her child was say
ingto her playmate: "You good for nothing
little scamp, you come right into the house
this minute or will beat you till the skin
comes OFF," The mother broke in, saying:
"Why, Lizzie, am surprised to hear you
talk like that to any onel' "Oh,n said the
child, ~ was only playing, and he is my
little boy, and 1 am scolding him as you did
methis morning" Children are apt to DO
echoes of their parents
Safer in Bethlehem manger among csttle
and camels, with gentle Mary to watch The
little innocent, than the most extravagant
nursery over which Gods star of peace never
stood. Tho trappcr extinguishes the flames
on the prairie by fighting fire with fire, but
you cannot, with tho fire of your own dispo-
sition, put out the fire of q child's disposition.
Yet we may rush to the other eytr,ame and
rule children by too great lenieiicy.D The sur
geon is not unkind because notwithstanding
thercsistancc OF his patient he goes straight
on with firm hand and unfaltering heart to
take Off the gangrenc. Nor is the parent less
affectionate and faithful because, notwith-
standing all vioont remonstranccs on the
part of the child, no with the lrmest disc-
pline advances to the cutting off of its evil
inclinations The Biblo says: 'Chasten thy
son while there is hope, and let not thy soul
l.. e1,
checked will, after while, become hurri--l
caiie. Childish petulance will grow up into
misanthropy. Childish rebellion will develop
into the lawlessness Of riot and sedition. If
you would ruin the child, dance to his every
caprice and stuff him with confectionery.
Before you are aware of it that boy of 6 |
years will go down tho street, cigar in his
mouth and ready on any corner with his CON-
rndes to compare pugilistic attachments. The |
parent who allows the child to grow up with
out ever having learned the great duty Of |
obedience and submission has prepared O cup
of:burning gall for his own lips and appal-
ling destruction for bis descendant. Remcm
ber Eli and his two sons Hophni and
PIinehas .,,..,,....->..-
second error prevaie,asoo- =. - s-,-.t0 ..
cGis56s1Jlon. In every family you will find
striking differences of temperament. This
child is too timid, and that too bold, and
this too miserly, and that too wastcful; this
too inactive, and that too bosterous. Now,
the farmer who should plant corn and wheat
and turnips In just the same way, then put
them through one hopper and grind them
in the same mill, would not be so much
of n fool Us the parents who should attempt
I'D, oil
the Same manner 1t needs skillfrl hand to
adjust these checks and balances. The rlgldity
of government which is necessary to hold in
this impetnous nature would utterly crush
that flexile disposition, while the gentle re-
proof that would suffice for the latter would,
when used on the former, be like attempting
to hold chalnping Bucephalus with reins OF
cossanler. God gives us in tho disposition OF
each child q hint as to how wo ought to train
him, and, rs God in the mental structure
of our children indicates what mode OF
training is the best, He also indicates in
the disposition their future occupation. DO
not write down that child as dull because it
NAV not now DO as brilliant as your other
children or as those of your neishbor Some
Of the mightiest men and women OF tho cen
turics had q stupid childhood. Thomas
Aouinas was called ut school "the dumb OK"
but afterwards demonstrated his sanctlied
renius and was called ''the angel OF tho !
schools and .the eaglo of Brittany" Kind
ness and patience with u child will conquer
almost anything. and they are virtues SO
Cl,ristlikc that they IRE inspiring to look at
John Weslcy's kiss of child on tho pulpit
stairs turned Matthias Joyce frcSl profli-
cato into flaming cvangeL
The third error prevalent in the training
of children is the ono sided development OF
either the physical, intellectual or moral na-
turo ut the expense of the others. Ihosc, tor
instance, greatly mistake who, while they
arc faithful in tho intellectual and moral
culture of children, forget the physical Inc
bright eyes half quenchcd by night study,
tho crarnpel chest that comes from too much
bendin, over school desks, the weak side re
sulting from scdentariness OF habit, pale
checks and the gaunt bodies of multitudes OF
children attest that physical development
does not always go along with intellectual
and moral How do you suppose all those
treasures of knowledge tho child gets will
look in shattered casketl And how much
will you give for tho wcalthiest cargo when
it is put into leaky shipl How can thai
bright, sharp blade of child's attainments
DO welded without any handle? What ara
brain; worth without shoulders to carry
thelll What is child with magnificent
mind but an exhausted body. Better that
youIg man of 81 go forth into the world
without knowing a from if no have
health of body and energy to push his
way Through the world than at q
to inter upon active life, his head
stnfTal with Socrates, and Herodotus, and
Bacon, and In Place, but no physical force
to suItain him in the shock OF earthly con
licts! From this infinite blunder OF parents
bow many have come out III life with
genius that could have piled Ossa upon Pelion
and mounted upon them to scale the heavens
and lhvo laid down painting with physical